Writing Assignment 2: Mini Case Analysis ECON 634 Bangalore‚ Dec/Jan 2009/10 100 Points Due Date: Tuesday Jan 5 at 1pm; 25 point penalty per day late This is a team-based writing assignment. My strongly preferred team size is four‚ but I will consider team sizes of three or five on a case-by-case basis. Your assignment is to Read the Harvard Business Review short case study “Class- or Mass”. Write an analysis of the case following this outline (submit one report for your entire team):
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Toyota: A Transnational Case Study Toyota is one of the worlds leading car manufacturers and is the third largest in the world. Although based in Japan‚ Toyota produces most of its cars in its transplants in Georgetown‚ Kentucky‚ and Burnaston‚ Derbyshire. Toyota is a typical transnational corporation who understand that considerable gains can be made by locating manufacturing plants outside their country of origin. Toyota expanded to Europe in 1992 in order to achieve the benefits associated
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Critically evaluate Toyota’s strategic development since the 1980’s using the suitability‚ feasibility and acceptability criteria. Pay particular attention to the most strategic developments. After 71 years since its foundation Toyota Motor is one of the leading car manufacturers in the world‚ having overtaken GM and Ford in terms of production volume in 2007 (OICA‚2008). Toyota has in fact successfully penetrated global markets and established a world-wide presence by exploiting its productivity
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Case Study Questions – Toyota 1. I find that the Toyota Prius is in the Maturity stage of the product life cycle due to the massive competition arising from other manufactures such as Ford‚ GM and Honda. Due to this‚ Toyota is only receiving modest profit from the sales of the vehicle (Perreault‚ Cannon‚ McCarthy‚ 2006‚ p.666). The Prius quickly went through the stage of introduction and growth since it’s introduction in the US market in 2000 (p. 666). Because of this‚ the Prius is beginning
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Toyota’s recall fiasco (2010) Jalopnik The crisis: Toyota recalled a total of 8.8 million vehicles for safety defects‚ including a problem where the car’s accelerator would jam‚ which caused multiple deaths. How Toyota responded: Toyota initially couldn’t figure out the exact problem‚ but it sent out PR teams to try and stop the media backlash anyway. The upper management was invisible in the early stages of the crisis‚ skewing public perception further against the company. Toyota’s response
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Case Study #3 Toyota Prius: The Power of Excellence in Product Innovation and Marketing The Toyota Prius was in the market introduction stage then it matured into the market growth stage. In the Product life cycle there are four different phases. There is market introduction‚ market growth‚ market maturity‚ and sales decline. The Toyota Prius as explained by the book was a new experimental technology that Toyota wanted to test and introduce to the market to see how it would react. Toyota was at
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Mini Case: Guanxi and Gift (Grown up in China‚ I will address this case with my personal experience) As a growing market‚ China becomes increasingly appealing to western companies. To many of them‚ China is a country that is fundamentally different than most countries of the world‚ such as culture and social norm. Notorious corruptions have tarnished its reputation for attracting potential investors and businesses‚ who have been struggling to adapt the unique way of running business in this
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TOYOTA CASE STUDY 1. Identify using a model the levels of a product. a) Core Benefit: This is the basic need of the consumer that the product satisfies. This is the basic need that urges the consumer to buy something. For example‚ a hotel room satisfies the basic need of having a place to sleep and some privacy. So the core benefit here is the need for a place to sleep and privacy. b) Basic Product: This is the basic product that satisfies the inner needs of the consumer. At this level
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International Marketing and Sales CU 03223 Report Company Case 4: Toyota Prius February 2013 Members: Floris Baars Karina Galiauskaite Jessica Giljam Samuel van Horen Bastiaan van Kemseke Maximilian Wilde Supervisor: Vera Hartog Introduction The Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback‚ formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation. The EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) rate the Prius as among the cleanest vehicles
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3) Where if at all‚ does the current routine for handling defective seats deviate from the principles of the Toyota Production Systems? If we look back to the Principles of TPS‚ basically the general aim is to focus to eliminate waste and achieved cost reduction. It’s directed all of the resources of a production line toward delivering a top-quality product for the customer. TPS provided two principles and guidelines to ease the identification of waste. Before we talks more about the current routine
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